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OK, Yes, the New Need for Speed Game is Basically Burnout
A few years back, when EA bought Criterion, the developers of Burnout, people got worried. Worried that the team would be wasted churning out Need for Speed games. What a stupid worry that turns out to have been. Criterion’s first Need for Speed game, Hot Pursuit, was brilliant, and their second – the upcoming Most…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
Two Grumpy, Weird Cats Dressed as Super Heroes
By the time you read this, it’s likely Monday morning, and you’re about to get started on a week of work/school. You’ll be a little down. If that’s you, here. Two cats dressed as Batman and Superman. [via Fashionably Geek]
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 -
Start Your Week With Cosplay From Star Wars, Diablo, The Witcher and…Ponyo
This is one of the best cosplay gallery’s we’ve started the week with in a long time. I mean, we have someone cosplaying as The Witcher 2’s Triss. There’s someone doing an awfully good interpretation of Fujimoto, the slightly creepy underwater dad from Ponyo. There is also someone dressed up not only as Crisis Core’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 -
Castle Story Might Make Some Childhood Dreams Come True
When we first saw it in January, indie game Castle Story looked like a game to keep an eye on. A few months later, and one proper trailer later, and little has changed. Its promised blend of building and strategy looks great, the kind of thing to rekindle the very fondest of childhood memories that…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 -
Capping Off the Rampaging Tour of Liberty City, It’s Sonic
Promise, last one. We’ve had our fun. From R2-D2 (to his Skyrim-themed friend) to the Portal 2 multiplayer robots, we can only take so much of seeing cartoon or comic-relief characters going on a mass-murder rampage in Liberty City. For Sonic the Hedgehog—even if he looks like a little more like a blue Shadow the…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
Ubisoft’s Free-to-Play Plans Might Include Might & Magic
Another registration points to Heroes of Might & Magic as a potential free-to-play online game. Ubisoft has said it plans to reveal new free-to-play titles in August. It filed for mightandmagicheroesonline.com on Friday. Domain watchdawg Fusible has all the details.
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
No Game Save for My Backup
Three days home, sick, with the complete understanding and sympathy of my employer. Fully conscious and ambulatory, with some grade-A camaro-drivin’, country-music-songwritin’, shirtless-guy-on-COPS prescription narcotics on the bathroom sink. Can’t go outside and enjoy this nice day, cause I’m sick. Can’t work, I’m sick. Can’t brush my teeth, put on deodorant or underpants or mow…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
Teenagers Step Up to Launch Portal 2‘s Space Core … to Spaaaaaaace
Last week, my misidentification of a laser engraving on a space part suggested the wrong personality core from Portal 2 was symbolically being flown to space (a fate echoing the game’s story.) A team of 18 teenagers from Nevada stepped in to restore order, and properly send the Space Core—or, well, a plushy version of…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
‘Shop Contest: Kitchen-Aided Consoles
Though we have a source image for this week’s ‘Shop Contest, this one will be thrown open to your imagination and whatever you can scrape together to illustrate it. The “Super Nincoffee Jr.” shown yesterday provoked a comment thread of other console/kitchen appliance mashups that deserve some form of graphical representation. We know there are…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
Why Yes, Those Claw Machines Are Rigged, Says Arcade Operator
An arcade owner from somewhere in central California popped into Reddit late last night to confirm, in exacting detail, what everyone has long suspected: those goddamn claw machines do deliberately have a tissue-thin grip, even when you think you have it lined up directly over that plush toy and can’t possibly miss picking it up.…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
These Sure Look Like the Stages You’ll See in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Someone seems to have pried apart the data files for the private, early access PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta and discovered what appear to be the stage select icons for every stage in the game, plus eight characters unannounced so far. If this is true, locales like Columbia from BioShock and Black Rock Stadium from…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s your morning call to talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating in Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve always done: share your thoughts and opinions on the things you’re passionate about.
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
Sexy Mario, Anyone? The Winners.
A celebrity guest pose kicked off last week’s edition of Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Internet-famous Sexy Mario offered up his centerfold for the reworking and remastering of our depraved artists. We have this week’s best inside, plus overall winner warmsleepy! Though Sexy Mario was indeed at a tennis court, I fully expected to see him transported…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2012 -
The Best Part of Waking Up is a Super Nintendo in Your Cup
This “Super Nincoffee Jr.” case-mod won’t brew you the perfect cup of joe, but apparently it will play Super Nintendo games. This appears to be the creation of a kid named Tyler and his father. Yes, I scoured it for clues that this could be a trick, that some other console playing Super Mario All-Stars…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2012 -
An Earthquake Sets the Scene for Battlefield 3‘s Next Map Pack
We didn’t get a release date for Aftermath, the next set of four maps for Battlefield 3‘s multiplayer, but an official page does provide some detail as to what it includes. New vehicles and a new game mode are featured on four new maps set in Tehran after an earthquake. Destructible terrain would seem to…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2012 -
‘Minecraft Guy’ Isn’t Supposed to Be a Guy—or a Girl, Says Game’s Creator
Though jokingly given the name “Steve,” Minecraft’s lead character is supposed to be gender neutral, said the game’s creator. All living things in the game are supposed to be gender neutral, in fact. Markus “Notch” Persson, musing about gender in the low-resolution world he created two years ago, admits that calling the protagonist “Minecraft Guy”…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2012
